My friend Jim tweeted a question to me the other day: “Why do people sometimes react badly when you push them on finding the objectives? This happens a lot I find.” Yes, it does happen a lot, Jim. And, let’s … Continue reading
September 27, 2011 adminLeave a comment
Have you had this problem? You are up to your ears with time-consuming, complicated tasks and you have people in your team who have nothing to do – often because you are holding them up? You can’t delegate the tasks … Continue reading
August 30, 2011 adminLeave a comment
It’s all very well having beautifully written, SMART objectives and goals, but what do you do with them? This is exactly what one of my clients asked me recently. I was surprised, but then I realised that there’s a lot … Continue reading
August 16, 2011 admin4 Comments
One of our clients makes in-house films for companies. You would imagine that, before embarking on making a film it would be a good idea to know why you were making it. It turns out that this is not always … Continue reading
August 2, 2011 admin6 Comments
Here’s a comment on last week’s blog; Frighteningly bad objectives “The concern I had when I had to sign off my objectives as written by my Line Manager was that some of the objectives I was asked to achieve were … Continue reading
Do your objectives scare you? I work with people at all levels helping them to write their objectives and goals and make them SMART. Let me tell you what scares me. I find it really scary when the top people, … Continue reading
What’s the most expensive piece of equipment you own? Your car? Your new oven? Your central-heating system? Now let me ask you this: Is it being used at the moment? What is its utilisation? Is it used 100% of the … Continue reading
May 31, 2011 adminLeave a comment
And what to do about it Here’s what a delegate told us when he introduced himself a few years ago. He had worked hard at school to get into university. He had then studied hard at his chosen topic and … Continue reading
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